Unit 5, Craft Centre, Corris, Machynlleth SY20 9RF, Verenigd Koninkrijk
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Dyfi Distillery produces artisan gins crafted with wild Welsh botanicals foraged in the UNESCO Dyfi Biosphere on the southern edge of the Snowdonia National Park..
Based at Corris Craft Centre, near Machynlleth, this locally produced gin has been recognised in the Great British Food Awards 2017 & 2018 for the best gin produced in the UK. The prestigious award is for its Pollination Gin, which the judges described as “seriously beautiful” and has featured widely on BBC and ITV. Drinks guru Joe Wadsack said in 2020, “No one makes better tasting gin in my opinion in the whole of Great Britain.”
Dyfi Distillery is one of nine workshops at the Corris Craft Centre, run by brothers Pete and Danny Cameron. They established the first commercial gin distillery in Mid Wales in 2016. Pete has lived, worked and foraged in the Dyfi Valley for over 40 years, while Danny is a long-standing drinks industry professional and international-standard judge.
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Pollination Gin is one of the few gins in the world produced from mostly foraged botanical ingredients. In this distillery’s case, the ingredients are gathered within the Dyfi Valley UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve.
The gin here is made in genuinely small batches, using what one journalist described as “the last word in distilling equipment.” In any case, the attention to detail is for all to see through the large glass windows from the visitor area to the distillery itself. There is artwork on display to explain about foraging and distilling, and there’s always a member of the family to meet you, chat and taste the award-winning range.
The Dyfi Distillery Team
Pete Cameron is a hill farmer, forager, and beekeeper. He has lived and worked in the Dyfi area for over 30 years.
Danny Cameron is a highly experienced wine & spirits professional, and a regular judge at the prestigious Decanter World Wine Awards.
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Dyfi Distillery Wins At Icons Of Gin Awards
MARCH 2023
The Dyfi Distillery in Corris, located near Machynlleth, has continued to achieve more recognition. This time at the global ‘Icons of Gin’ Awards.
The family-owned micro-distillery competed alongside names from around the globe, with producers flying in from as far as Australia and Canada for a glittering event at London’s Waldorf Hotel.
The company was founded and is operated by brothers Pete and Danny Cameron. At the awards, they were both highly commended as Distillery Managers of the Year, achieving overall second place.
As one of only three distilleries shortlisted in more than one category, The Dyfi Distillery also achieved second place Highly Commended as Craft Producer of the Year, having been the only producer in the Northern Hemisphere to be originally shortlisted.
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“Achieving this level of recognition on a global scale is very exciting,” said master distiller Pete Cameron, “especially given just how small we are. Our combination of botanical foraging and precision distilling is winning more and more recognition around the world.”
The Dyfi Distillery operates from within the Dyfi UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve and is, unusually for a distillery of its size, frequently open to passing visitors. It’s located within the Corris Craft Centre, a hub for thriving independent craft producers.
The Distillery is a member of MWT Cymru, an independent organisation representing around 600 tourism and hospitality businesses across Powys, Ceredigion and Southern Snowdonia.
For owners at our Gwernydd Hall Holiday Park, the distillery is just 1 hours’ drive away, and only 20 minutes from Min-y-Don Holiday & Touring Park. For avid gin lovers, the distillery provides a fantastic place for a day out to learn more about the process – and sample some gin!
For more information on Dyfi Distillery, visit the official website.
Dyfi Original Gin
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Best Gin, Great British Food Awards 2018
Gold Medal & Best Welsh Classic Gin, World Gin Awards 2022
Gold Medal & Best Welsh Dry Gin, World Gin Awards 2021
Gold Medal & Best Welsh Dry Gin, World Gin Awards 2020
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Dyfi Original was the first gin we produced at the Dyfi Distillery. It remains a firm favourite at the distillery cellar door and with the best local hostelries.
We produce this gin using our meticulous precision-distilling approach, with the aim of making a classic London Dry Gin, with our own local twist, in very small batches. Bottled at 45% Volume, without chill-filtration, each bottle is vintage-dated with the distilling season, batch-numbered and signed.
Locally foraged botanicals including bog myrtle (sweet gale) and Scot’s pine tips, combined with the finest juniper, coriander and organic unwaxed lemon peel to produce a gin with is rich and bold, yet very smooth.
Dyfi Original Gin is a great base for a classic martini, or even straight, but will probably be most enjoyed in a classic G&T, with an optional garnish of twisted lime peel and a sprig of basil.
Dyfi Original Gin / 50cl / 45% Vol
Dyfi Pollination Gin
Best Gin, Great British Food Awards 2017
“A real gem for any gin fanatic.” Daily Telegraph, December 2019
Gold Medal & Best Welsh Contemporary Gin, World Gin Awards 2022
Gold Medal & Best Welsh Contemporary Gin, World Gin Awards 2021
Gold Medal, World Gin Awards 2020
Our passion is to produce an exceptional gin of world-class quality, which could come from nowhere else. Dyfi is recognised by UNESCO as a World Biosphere Reserve and provides us with an enviable and unique flora spectrum to draw upon, as well as a meticulous selection of the finest classic gin botanicals.
Pollination gin is produced in small batches at our Welsh gin distillery using the highest London Dry standards. Our foraged botanicals come from within the Biosphere reserve: from the Snowdonia foothills, through the Dyfi Forest, and down to the estuary marshlands, including wild flowers, aromatic leaves, fruits and conifer tips. It is a true Dovey Native Botanical Gin.
Production is necessarily very limited. Each bottle is hand signed and batch-numbered.
45% alcohol by volume, non-chill filtered.
Pollination Gin / 50cl / 45% Vol
Dyfi Hibernation Gin
Best New Gin The Independent, April 2017
Best Buy Gin under £50 i News, June 2018
The botanicals we forage for Hibernation Gin are influenced by the wild fruit harvest. They include wild crab apples, blackberries, and bilberries.
We combine these with carefully selected classic, and other locally-foraged botanicals, and precision-distil, before resting in a very rare White Port cask.
This is the world’s first gin to be aged in a fully-seasoned White Port barrel, and we are indebted to our friends at Niepoort Vinhos for providing this to us.
Each bottle is hand signed and lot-numbered, recognising extremely limited production.
Bottled at 45% volume, without chill-filtration.
Hibernation Gin is an exquisite sipping gin, optionally chilled, or as a martini, and also makes a delicious negroni. Our most pleasant discovery is what an excellent Gin & Tonic it makes, but given that White Port & Tonic is such a fine combination, perhaps that’s no surprise.
Hibernation Gin / 50cl / 45% Vol
Dyfi Navigation Gin
Gold Medal, The World Gin Masters 2020
Gold Medal & Best Welsh Matured Gin, World Gin Awards 2021
“One of the best, if not THE best gin I’ve ever tasted.”
Alan Titchmarsh, ITV, February 2021
Bottling at 57% alcohol by volume (abv) presented us with an opportunity to do something completely different from our other gins.
Our Navy Strength Welsh Gin is an alliance between seafaring tradition and maritime botany, brought together through the medium of umami.
We combine hand-foraged coastal botanicals with exotic overseas spices, before distilling with a combination of vapour infusion and pot immersion.
The distillate of umami-rich flavours and bracing freshness is then rested in an ancient canteiro Madeira barrel prior to release. Older Madeira barrels develop a lactone called sotolon which contributes an umami character to some of the most venerable Madeira wines. In our case, it binds together key botanical notes with the ageing vessel to create a completely unique gin.
We are indebted to our old friend Ricardo Diogo de Freitas from the remarkable Madeira house of Vinhos Barbeito for sharing an ancient barrel which is not only sensational in its flavour profile, but also a family heirloom.
57% alcohol by volume, non-chill filtered.
Navigation Gin / 50cl / 57% Vol
Dyfi (or Dovey) – Source of Our Gins
A Unique Distillery in the UNESCO World Biosphere of Dyfi
Pronouced “Dovey”, The UNESCO World Biosphere of Dyfi was always going to be our preferred location for foraging and distilling. Pete moved here 35 years ago to study biology and botany, and has since farmed, foraged and kept bees here.
A Secluded & Remote Valley Matrix
It’s home to some of the most diverse flora, cleanest water, darkest skies and lowest population in Europe. Add a fascinating community of people and it’s perhaps no surprise that UNESCO have recognised Dyfi as a World Biosphere Reserve. This is the only Biosphere in Wales.
Influenced by Nature
It’s this very place that originally inspired us to create artisan gin, influenced by what nature provides each season, truly reflecting a sensory journey through this remarkable place.
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